Anite
{{Short description|Company in Fleet, United Kingdom}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Anite plc
| logo = Anite logo.svg
| type = Limited
| foundation = {{start date and age|1973}}
| location = Fleet, Hampshire
| key_people = Mike Bonin, (Managing Director, Device & Infrastructure Testing)
Petri Toljamo, (Managing Director, Network Testing)
| num_employees=circa 500
| industry = Software
| products =
| revenue=£109.2 million (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.anite.com/system/files/press/Anite-Year-End-Results-2014.pdf|title=Final results for the year ended 30 April 2014|work=anite.com|accessdate=12 November 2015}}
|operating_income=£9.3 million (2014)
|net_income=£12.3 million (2014)
| parent = Keysight Technologies
| subsid =
| homepage = {{url|http://www.anite.com}}
}}
Anite is a supplier of test and measurement software to the international wireless market. It provides testing, measurement, optimisation and analytics systems based on its specialist sector knowledge and its proprietary software and hardware products. Customers include major manufacturers of mobile devices, chipsets and network equipment, mobile network operators, regulatory authorities, and independent test houses.{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/directory/orgprofile/default.aspx?objid=35714|title=Organisation Profile|work=cambridgewireless.co.uk|accessdate=12 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116121232/http://www.cambridgewireless.co.uk/directory/orgprofile/default.aspx?objid=35714|archive-date=2015-11-16|url-status=dead|df=}}
History
The company was founded in 1973 as Cray Electronics: in October 1996 it changed its name to Anite Group plc.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_1999_April_8/ai_54331099/ IT Services: Anite Slow to Bear Fruit] In 2006 it acquired Nemo, a network testing business.[http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=112611 Anite Completes Nemo Buy] Light Reading, 12 December 2006 In October 2007 it changed its name to Anite plc.{{cite web|url=http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/rns/071004aie1755f|title=Anite Group - Anite Group PLC - Change of Name - Proactiveinvestors (UK)|work=Proactiveinvestors UK|accessdate=12 November 2015}} In April 2015, Anite acquired Setcom Wireless Products GmbH.{{cite web|url=http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=489547|title=Anite completes Setcom deal|work=totaltele.com|accessdate=12 November 2015}}
After Anite started struggling in the face of cancellation of orders from Blackberry, Nokia and Motorola,{{cite web |author=Mamidipudi Soumithri |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-anite-m-a-keysight-tech-idUSKBN0OX0I520150617 |title=Keysight Technologies to buy UK's Anite in $607 million deal |publisher=Reuters |date=17 June 2015 |accessdate=17 June 2015 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617150242/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-anite-m-a-keysight-tech-idUSKBN0OX0I520150617 |url-status=live }} Anite received a takeover offer from US electronics test and measurement company, Keysight Technologies{{Cite web|title=Electronic design, test automation and measurement equipment|url=https://www.keysight.com|website=Keysight Technologies}} in a deal worth £388 million in June 2015. The acquisition was completed in August 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/keysight-technologies-completes-acquisition-of-anite-2015-08-13|title=Keysight Technologies Completes Acquisition of Anite|work=MarketWatch|accessdate=12 November 2015}}
Operations
The company has two sides to its business:{{cite web|url=http://www.anite.com/businesses|title=Businesses|work=anite.com|accessdate=12 November 2015}}
- Device & Infrastructure Testing and Network Testing for the wireless market